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Exploring the origins of corn and how it transformed agriculture globally post the Columbian Exchange, becoming a vital crop for food, animal feed, and manufacturing.

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The biggest agricultural crop in the world today, by total weight, is corn.

Also known as maize, corn is a crop of the New World. The ancients in China, India, Mesopotamia, and Rome never knew about corn.

Yet, since the Columbian Exchange, it has become one of the world’s most important commodities as a source of food, animal feed, and the basis of many manufactured food products.

Learn more about corn, aka maize, where it came from, and how it revolutionized the world of agriculture on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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